Tõnu Õim

Tõnu Õim (born 16 June 1941),[1] is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship twice, in 1983 and 1999.[2] In 1991 he won the Axelson Memorial.[3] In over-the-board play, he was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1966.[4] He does not hold a FIDE title for over-the-board play; however, his peak FIDE rating of 2410 indicates a player of International Master strength.[5]

Tõnu Õim
CountrySoviet Union
Estonia
Born (1941-06-16) 16 June 1941
Raasiku, Estonia[1]
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1981)
ICCF World Champion1977–1983
1994–1999

Notable games

Notes

  1. "ÕIM, TÕNU". ESBL. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. WC14/F, World Championship 14 Final, www.iccf.com
  3. A E AXELSON MEMORIAL, www.schack.se
  4. Anatoly Karpov (editor), Shakhmaty; Entsiklopedichesky Slovar, pp. 503-04, Moscow, 1990
  5. Iym, Tonu at olimpbase.org

References

Preceded by
Jørn Sloth
World Correspondence Chess Champion
19771983
Succeeded by
Victor Palciauskas
Preceded by
Mikhail Umansky
World Correspondence Chess Champion
19941999
Succeeded by
Gert Jan Timmerman


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